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13 Sep 2016

Lolidrobe Reassessment Post 3

My Lolidrobe is expanding so much
this year that I’m struggling to find room for all these new additions, especially
as the Wicked and Whimsy event in London made me buy new pieces (though
fortunately smaller ones). I think this may be the last Lolidrobe Reassessment post
before the end of this year. For the actual end of the year I plan on doing a
summary of the whole year before moving onto New Year’s goals, so I’ll mark
somehow any acquisitions made between now and then in that very last post.

New
additions

At first I thought I slowed down
with purchasing things compared to the previous post, but that was before all
the money-eating releases, big events and impulse purchases. So I’m actually
praying that I haven’t gone too overboard and added myself more work thanks to
those impulse buys. I’ve included my order from DreamV (cutsew, cardigan and
bag) because even though I intend to use them with my regular clothes, they’re
very loliable items. As previously, items marked with a star (*) signify that
something’s been ordered, but hasn’t arrived yet.

Together this makes for a whopping 67 new additions (!), which, as you can tell, I couldn’t fit onone photo. I know that I did go a little crazy with main pieces, but two were
dream prints which I fell in love with at first sight and the other one is
plain (and insanely comfortable) and
as such a justifiable and very versatile purchase. Besides, only Diner
Doll required me to get some new things for, which overall isn’t too
bad. (I’m very good at justifying things
to myself, am I not? ^^”) Other than those new releases though I only spent a
lot on the petticoats, but I expect these to last me a long time and get tonnes of wear out of them, so they’ll pay for
themselves pretty quickly, and the rest are builder pieces and accessories. I’m still chuffed with myself at how I managed
to not buy anything bigger than a bonnet at Wicked and Whimsy, when there
were so many temptations to do otherwise, that’s a true show of some strong
will!

Possible
new looks

Having said that, rather than create
entirely new looks, these additions predominantly help me complete some of the
ones I had a go at earlier and make them that little bit more polished. Some of
the pieces here were bought specifically to finish off my Wicked and Whimsy
outfits, although I’ll definitely be able to use them with other dresses as
well. At the end of the day the little things can make the biggest difference
(and there will be something specifically on that at some point on this blog
too, stay tuned!), so whilst they may not seem to have such a dramatic impact
on my wardrobe, I know that they’ll go a long way toward making the coording
process a lot easier for me.

Again, to really show off how my new
additions impact my Lolidrobe, I’m not using any of the new main pieces – not even that Bodyline skirt which I intend to use as an underskirt.

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How
to make my Lolidrobe go even further?

I’m slowly approaching a point where
I’ll have all the builder pieces to do pretty much whatever I want without
having to worry about missing that one element of an outfit – which is in no
small part thanks to being able to get the things from last post’s list! Yeah, Diner Doll added a fair few things which
I don’t own and should add if I’m to get the most wear out of it, but even then
I doubt it’d be an overwhelming number.

Before I splurged on new brand, I
was already considering adding a new colour into my wardrobe. Back then
everything pointed towards brown, which I guess would still work quite well
with the pieces I already have. Now pink seems a more reasonable choice, but in
all fairness, given what I’ve bought already, I could probably do both. I
managed to get a pink blouse and some socks and tights with pink in them, in
both Classic and Sweet styles, so I’m only really missing hair stuff. As for
the brown, the cutsew helps a lot, but it is quite a casual piece, so an actual
set of blouse, socks and headbow is what I need. Let the hunt begin then!

As you may have guessed, I’m still
not 100% happy with the state of my legwear and headwear, even though it’s improved
a lot already and continues to improve. Taobao and offbrand shops have helped
massively by providing a cheap source of hair accessories and shoes, and I
could even double the efforts to improve my crafting skills, so I only really
need to worry about socks. The only offbrand pieces I’ve been able to find were
either ankle socks or solid colour tight, and that’s not always good enough. At
this point the only way towards achieving this one is patience: patience in browsing
through Facebook sales as well as patience with brands, with releasing
the styles I’m after and with waiting for sales. Although if any of you know
some places that do cute printed over the knee socks and/or tights (ideally
with some decent stretch properties – I may not be tall, but I’m also not size 0), share them, please!

Anyway, here’s what I identified as
the next additions I should make:

Brown blouse (ideally a detachable sleeve one
for versatility, but not that fussed about it)

More OTKs:

oa Sweet pair in white with sax (preferably a different
shade of sax because none of my saxes really match each other)

oa Classic pair in ivory/cream (AP’s Princess Rose or similar)

oa Sweet/Classic pair in red or white with red
accents (Baby’s Sweet Dot or the AP’s
Two Shoes or similar)

oa Sweet/Classic pair in brown

More headbows:

oa Sweet/Classic one in pink

oa Sweet/Classic one in brown

oa Sweet one in navy

oa Classic/Sweet one in ivory or ivory with gold
accents

oa Sweet/Classic one in white

Shoes:

osax tea parties

opink heels or tea partieso white heels or tea parties (?_

orain appropriate boots (?)

Ivory short-sleeve bolero (preferably chiffon)

A short coat/jacket

Current
wish list

Again, things have changed, though
this time there are additions – mostly because of my floral phase, but also
because of seeing certain prints or dresses so much that I’ve started to like and want
them. I started to use my Lolibrary wishlist as a way of keeping track of the things I like, even if I wouldn’t necessarily get them. You can view the current wishlist here, and below is a screenshot of its
contents as of September 13th.

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New
Year’s goals: progress summary

Number of times I wore Lolita to date: 8 (plus 8
from last post, so 16 total)

Number of meets attended to date: 2 + 1 big
2-day event

Did I have the agreed amount of money in my
account at all times: Yes

Did I pay more attention to seasons with
Lolita: Partly – I’ve done alright by getting a rain and sun appropriate
parasol and that boater hat, but not a lot beyond that.

Is my wardrobe more versatile than it was when
last checked: Yes (the devil’s in the details)

Boyfriend Ouji-kei-fication status: No change.
Putting this on hold until Japan next year.

This year is the year my wardrobe really grows, plus for the first time in my life I have an income, so I'm buying more than I otherwise would've. I do my best to keep those purchases sensible-ish, but it doesn't always work out. At least a lot of these are small things :P

But there aren't a Big difference in amounts mainpieces we got. I guess I am really bad at accesory shopping and basics.Blouses are almost impossible if wasn't for Lady Sloth. I realise the money I could spend on custom made blouse in Asia, would end up just as expensive after shipping and importfees.Secondly there aren't many brands specializing in classic.

I met Lady Sloth at Wicked and Whimsy and I had a chance to feel her blouses - now, even though I don't have much issue with them, I probably wouldn't go to anyone else for custom made ones, she's just that professional and really cares about the quality of her products. So I'm all for you supporting her and her work, do it! :D

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Cupcake Kamisama – 25-year-old Capricorn, Polish-born, UK-based and in love with Japanese fashion (predominantly Lolita). I enjoy a good bargain, OTT Sweet, cats and baking, and when in Japan I’m a self-confessed purikura addict. When I don’t blog, I work in the education sector, overseeing international exchange programs, write articles for Wunderwelt Libre and sometimes I get to do some exciting freelance translations on the side.

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